Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I concur wholeheartedly with the sentiments of Senator Ó Murchú, who made the point much more eloquently than myself. In the years I have been a Member we have had many Ministers make promises in the House, but we are told that the promises Ministers give us, as opposed to what is in the legislation, are not worth much to the people who need redress. That is part of the issue. We are being told that a number of promises will be addressed with other mechanisms. That is not giving succour to the Justice for Magdalenes advocacy groups.I imagine they have done much research and have had legal advice on this. I appreciate that the Minister of State has indicated this is in the Bill and although it might seem a tad pedantic, the Minister of State might indicate where exactly the issue has been dealt with in the legislation. Committee Stage is about parsing legislation and putting such issues on the record.